a picture a day....

Four today.

A warm summer night at Vicky's trailer park. Pool is 80 degrees. Snappy music from the Lawrence Welk show is playing from one of the trailers an the smell of BBQs cooking hot dogs. Even the circus has come to town. All is wonderful that nice evening in 1953.Don

Moonson posted:

Delightful to hear back from you, Trumptrain/Patrick W. Thank you.

Yes, I am the boy in the photo, being reluctant to get out of that corner so I could continue to be close to the passing1666 and Lionel Scout. My parents always allowed me to touch everything, though I was careful and respectful to all of it, even the little houses they both made out of wood.

And you are right. So many of those good and wonderful feelings of childhood have been kept in the heart as joys to relive in the present. In fact, I continue the philosophy of being welcoming  toward visitors to the layout who want to touch things - I never complain, but do blow whistles when folks are gesturing over track where a train is approaching, to warn them. Nobody has knocked a train off the tracks yet. However, I let children reach onto certain sections of the layout to gift themselves with one vehicle they have selected as something they'd like to have as a memento.

When you hear that 1666 whistle blowing , I predict you will become quickly enamored of it. I hear my childhood when it blows.

FrankM

Wow!That is a nice set up you had there.My mother brought me a marx train set.Marx made some good trains.Some of the locomotive smoked from the stack and the sides.And where pretty good pullers.But marx trains seemed to be the roddney dangerfeild of the model train world.

seaboardm2 posted:

Moonson posted:

Delightful to hear back from you, Trumptrain/Patrick W. Thank you.

Yes, I am the boy in the photo, being reluctant to get out of that corner so I could continue to be close to the passing1666 and Lionel Scout. My parents always allowed me to touch everything, though I was careful and respectful to all of it, even the little houses they both made out of wood.

And you are right. So many of those good and wonderful feelings of childhood have been kept in the heart as joys to relive in the present. In fact, I continue the philosophy of being welcoming  toward visitors to the layout who want to touch things - I never complain, but do blow whistles when folks are gesturing over track where a train is approaching, to warn them. Nobody has knocked a train off the tracks yet. However, I let children reach onto certain sections of the layout to gift themselves with one vehicle they have selected as something they'd like to have as a memento.

When you hear that 1666 whistle blowing , I predict you will become quickly enamored of it. I hear my childhood when it blows.

FrankM

Wow!That is a nice set up you had there.My mother brought me a marx train set.Marx made some good trains.Some of the locomotive smoked from the stack and the sides.And where pretty good pullers.Butmarx trains seemed to be the roddney dangerfeild of the model train world.

If they made you happy, and you mother happy in giving it to you, that was all the respect the Marx Trains needed. Your happiness made them treasures.

For example, when I was that boy, and a bit older, one of the coolest kids (and richest - his dad was a pilot) in the neighborhood had his own layout, which was possessed of a Lionel SanteFe A-B-B-B-A (no less!!!) and TWO GG1's he would send roaring and rumbling over cross-tracks and switches with great speed, accompanied by mouth-dropped-wide-open cheers from those of us who were invited to his home to see his happiness. Yet, when I got home, and knew I could see this layout my parents put up every Christmas, I was totally happy, happy for Cool Kid, and happy for my parents and myself.

FrankM

For this fine Sunday.  " Looking down the Avenue "

         awesome picture Ted,  looks great !!!

p51 posted:

                                          great photos Lee,  very nice !!

briansilvermustang posted:

p51 posted:

                                          great photos Lee,  very nice !!

Thanks, Brian.

What is more of a sceniced staging area than anything else is in front of a window. When the light is right and from a very tight angle, I can get shots like this.

       that is really cool being in front of a window, 

             looks like you are really outdoors.     again, very nice photos !!

For today.  " Rock climbers "

trumptrain posted:

For today.  " Rock climbers "

For today: “Ice Fall climbers”.  

Tuesday's photo.  " Cool stuff down by the railroad tracks " 

Out in Alliance NE. These SD70 mac's have been sitting since last year.  About 80 of them all together.  BNSF must be fazing them out. Poor things. 

Love the old faded MAC. One of my favorites. Nick T.

t8afao posted:

Out in Alliance NE. These SD70 mac's have been sitting since last year.  About 80 of them all together.  BNSF must be fazing them out. Poor things. 

Love the old faded MAC. One of my favorites. Nick T.

That is definitely Sad, I think the issue is Tier 4 emission restrictions. EMD themselves have only been making the SD70's for international Railroads. I believe they were in the works or finished an SD70ACe-T4 which hopefully will make these units future upgrades and not scrap yard food. I know UP has a few of the new T4 engines on order.

Love the photos though! Looks like those SD70's go on forever lol

Hey guys, lots of nice pictures, P51, Trumptrain, Briansilvermustang, Ted W, T8AFAO, Moonson.....Amazing Real Pictures, Moonson, Yours are so close to real, Trumptrain is amazing, Briansilvermustang really gets around, TedW is great, so much talent guys.....Wow

A corner (left rear) tunnel and immediate neighborhood and Summer Camp (atop)…

FrankM

P.S. Being a lifelong resident of sections of the USA (the Northeast and Midwest) where foliage is abundant, I have made it a practice, on my layout, and when crafting for others, of not being skimpy with trees and low foliage (and everything in-between)…!

Southern Pacific West Oakland Ca. Yard. Don

For today. 

Finally got the bridge up and wired, track is wired as well. Now to the fun part, scenery! Lol I'm quite nervous as I've never done this before but my local hobby shop (Ready to Roll in Miami, FL) has given me a ton of advice and pointers so I think I'm in good hands. Also got a MTH Premier CSX ES44AC from them this week. Here are a few shots of the roster and progress.

Thanks for looking!

P.s. Ceramic buildings are not here to stay lol looking for a box to store them in for Christmas, a coworker was going to throw them out and they were perfect for me new house and kids

I took both of these this evening...

My sincere Thanks, once again, to the Forum voices who sent me "Likes" for the A Picture A Day photos I posted on 7/15/18 for my "Summer's here& time to play" shots: Ted W; briansilvermustang; gandydancer1950; Trussman; PRR ronbh; Ottawa Marc; BAR GP7#63; Number90...

...and for my photos posted 7/16/18 for my "Vacationers" ...PRRronbh; briansilvermustang; gandydancer1950; Joe B; trumptrain; Trussman; Ottawa Marc; BAR GP7#63; Number90...

...and of my layout photos posted for 7/19/18, "Here's a broader view..."...gandydancer1950; trumptrain; briansilvermustang; Joe B; trussman; PRRronbh; Mayor Magoo; Ottawa Marc; Jushavnfun; p51; delwoodjef; BAR GP7#63; Trainsrob; leapinlarry; Number 90,

Thank you, all of you, for the approval and feedback.

FrankM

Some more shots I got yesterday evening:

Moonson posted:

My sincere Thanks, once again, to the Forum voices who sent me "Likes" for the A Picture A Day photos I posted on 7/15/18 for my "Summer's here& time to play" shots: Ted W; briansilvermustang; gandydancer1950; Trussman; PRR ronbh; Ottawa Marc; BAR GP7#63; Number90...

...and for my photos posted 7/16/18 for my "Vacationers" ...PRRronbh; briansilvermustang; gandydancer1950; Joe B; trumptrain; Trussman; Ottawa Marc; BAR GP7#63; Number90...

...and of my layout photos posted for 7/19/18, "Here's a broader view..."...gandydancer1950; trumptrain; briansilvermustang; Joe B; trussman; PRRronbh; Mayor Magoo; Ottawa Marc; Jushavnfun; p51; delwoodjef; BAR GP7#63; Trainsrob; leapinlarry; Number 90,

Thank you, all of you, for the approval and feedback.

FrankM

truly...the pleasure is all ours!

briansilvermustang posted:

 

I've always wondered if someone took (a model of) one of these 'B' units alone on the front of their train on a layout and waited for anyone to notice the lack of a cab?

Heck, you could always make a decal like the old 'radio equipped' markings on diesels and put down, "DCC equipped" instead?

All three of their "Little Joe's" in one shot of the South Shore Line. This is the Michigan City Yard. Boy those pantographs don't have to reach very far on a interurban line. Don

spotted this painting in a Columbus Ohio hotel we stayed at this weekend

Experimented with some close ups this afternoon

Fabulous, P51/Lee. They show what can be done with carefully applied imagination and a good memory.

FrankM, a fan